Brazil Faces Clash Between Environmental Goals and Oil Expansion at COP30

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Brazil aims to position itself as an environmental leader by hosting COP30 in the Amazon, highlighting its renewable energy efforts and the importance of the rainforest in global climate stability, while facing ongoing challenges like deforestation, fossil fuel expansion, and political shifts that impact its environmental commitments.
- Brazil claims to be an environmental leader. Are they? The Conversation
- Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities The Guardian
- Lula Tries to Expand Oil and Rainforests as Climate World Comes to Brazil Bloomberg.com
- Save the Amazon or Drill for Oil? Brazil Says It Can Do Both. The New York Times
- Caught between saving forests and drilling for oil, COP30 puts Lula’s contradictions on display France 24
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